Railway-chair.



No. 881,787; PATENTBDMAR.10,1908. P. J. STERNER.

RAILWAY CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1907 TH: mamas PETERS 0a., WASHINGTON. 0 c4FREDERICK J. STERNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

RAILWAY-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1907.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 378,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. STERNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway chairs, and hasfor itsobject to provide a device for rigidly supporting the ends of the rails,thereby preventing vibration, and consequently crushing of the ends ofthe rails.

Myinyention further contemplates a device by means of which the ends ofthe rails may be more securely fastened and prevented from spreading.

Other features of my invention will be more fully set forth in thefollowing s ecification and pointed out in detail in the c aims. In theaccompanying drawing,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the outside of therail showing my invention a plied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation oft 1e inside of the rail. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outside ofthe rail, the chair being removed, and showing the ends of the rails cutaway at their outside lower flanges. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewthrough a oint where the rails join.

Referring to tilie accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, and in which like reference numerals designate like partsthroughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the chair which isformed with a flat base 2 of suflicient length to rest upon at leastthree of the cross-ties, and is provided at its center with a verticalprojection 3, which latter is provided with a number of apertures 4. Thechair is counter-sunk in the ties u on which it rests to a depth sufllcient to alow its upper surface to be on a line with the upper surfaceof the other ties. The lower flanges of the rails 5 are cut away attheir abutting ends, as at 6, on the outside of the rail sufficiently toallow the projection 3 of the chair to fit into said out out portion.The said lower flanges of the rail are cut off on a vertical line withthe outside of the upright ortion 7 of the rail and the projection 3 oft e chair fits against the flat surface 8 formed by cutting off saidflanges. The outer edge of the base 1 is of the same contour as theortion of the rail cut away. The ends of tfie rails are provided withapertures corresponding in number to the num ber of apertures 4 in theprojection 3, through which bolts 10 pass. Thus it will be seen that thesaid projection 3 also takes the place of one of the fish plates usuallyused to connect the rails. The inside lower flange of the rail isprovided with apertures adapted to register with a corresponding numberof apertures in the base 2, through which bolts 11 pass. Thus it will beseen that the ends of the rails coining together over one of thecross-ties, and being bolted to the vertical projection 3 and the base2, it will be impossispread. The chair may be spiked to the ties on bothsides.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with the rails having their outer lower flanges cutaway at the ends of a rail chair comprising a base upon which the railsrest and a vertical projection adeltpted to fit into the cut out portionof the ra1 s. r

2. The combination with the rails having their outer lower flanges cutaway at the ends of a rail chair comprising a vertical projec tionadapted to fit into the cut out portion of the rails and a baseuponwhich the rails rest and having its ends projecting beyond the saidvertical projection.

3. The combination with the rails having their outer lower flanges cutaway at the ends, of a rail chair comprising a base of sufficient lengthto rest upon at least three of the cross ties and upon which the railsrest and a vertical projection adapted to fit into the cut out portionof the rails and having its upper edge impinging against the lowersurface of the head of the rail and provided with a plurality ofapertures.

4. The combination with the rails having their outer lower flanges cutaway at the ends and provided with apertures above said cut awayportion, of a rail chair having a base upon which the rails rest andprojecting beyond the cut-away portion and a vertical projection adaptedto fit into the out out ends of the rails, having its upper edgeimpinging against the lower surface of the head of the rails andprovided with a number of apertures, and bolts passing through the saidvertical projection and rails.

5. Thetc'ombination With the'rails having their outer lower flanges cutaway at the ends and provided with apertures above said cut away portionand a number of apertures in their lower inner flanges, of a rail chairhavle for the ends of the rails to vibrate or to ing a base upon whichthe rails rest and proflanges and the base, and bolts passing jectingbeyond the cut away portion of the through the Vertical projection andrails. 10

rails and having a number of apertures to In testimony whereof I a'llixmy signature register with the apertures in the lower inner in presenceof two witnesses.

flanges of the rails and a vertical projection FREDERICK J. S'IERNER.adapted to fit into the cut out portion of the Witnesses:

rails and having a number of apertures CHAPIN A. FERGUSON,

therein, bolts passing through the lower rail WM. H. WATSON.

